U.S. President Donald Trump says he will go forward with a 25 per cent tariff on most imports from Canada next week.
Earlier this month, Trump threatened to levy the devastating tariff on Canadian goods — except energy, which would be levied at 10 per cent — going so far as to draw up an executive order to implement the regime.
Trump ultimately pulled back after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau agreed to deploy more resources at the border to tamp down on drugs and migrants crossing into the U.S.
Yesterday Trump signaled that the pause will be lifted around March 4 as planned… despite meaningful improvement at the border with the number of migrants apprehended and the quantity of drugs seized plummeting.